An oddity in the petroleum industry of North Dakota was this Madison producer pictured above which in 1958 was the only marine and offshore drilling operation for thousands of miles. Owned at that time by Investors Oil Inc., the well is located in Section 58-154n-94w. During the summertime, personnel of Investors Oil take the company cabin cruiser, sail down Beaver Creek to the Missouri River, then navigate a devious channel between trees and other obstructions to the mound were they open valves that alllow the oil to flow to a tank battery on higher ground.

The mound had changed in appeaance quite a bit by 1964 when storms and strong wave action had washed away the protective rock and travel island, necessitating the addition of an enclosure made of piling, rock and cement.

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An oddity in the petroleum industry of North Dakota was this Madison producer pictured above which in 1958 was the only marine and offshore drilling operation for thousands of miles. Owned at that time by Investors Oil Inc., the well is located in Section 58-154n-94w. During the summertime, personnel of Investors Oil take the company cabin cruiser, sail down Beaver Creek to the Missouri River, then navigate a devious channel between trees and other obstructions to the mound were they open valves that alllow the oil to flow to a tank battery on higher ground.

The mound had changed in appeaance quite a bit by 1964 when storms and strong wave action had washed away the protective rock and travel island, necessitating the addition of an enclosure made of piling, rock and cement.